An Annotated Anthology with Ideas for Introducing Children to Poetry
By Caroline Feller Bauer

It’s easy. It’s quick. It’s effective. Essentially, someone walks around your building with a sign and a poem. He or she pops into each classroom and calls out: "Poetry Break!" Everyone looks up as a poem is read aloud. The listeners return to their activities, the poetry person continues to the next room. To mount a Poetry Break at your school, here’s everything you need, including a collection of over 240 poems children love by such favorites as Jack Prelutsky, Eve Merriam, Arnold Lobel, Eloise Greenfield, and Shel Silverstein.

About the Author – Caroline Feller Bauer
"There is absolutely no excuse for a child not to read," says Caroline Feller Bauer, a leading educator, lecturer, author, and authority on children’s literature. "What I do," explains Dr. Bauer, "is run around speaking to librarians, teachers, and parents on how to get children and books together." To this end, she has conducted her lively, imaginative seminars in 50 states and 28 countries. In 1968, Dr. Bauer was the first woman to receive the Ersted Award for distinguished teaching and was given the Dorothy McKenzie Award in 1986 for her contribution to children’s literature.

◘ 372 pp.
◘ 1994
◘ 155 line drawings
◘ ISBN 0-8242-0852-8
◘ $80 – Sale price $33
◘ $33 (outside the U.S. and Canada)